Actor Charlie Sheen, 1996 and 2011

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times

In 1996, Sheen pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battery with serious bodily injury after he was accused of knocking then-girlfriend Brittany Ashland to the floor. In 2011, accounts of battery resurfaced with his then-estranged wife Brook Mueller. Mueller alleged Sheen threatened her life and made anti-Semitic comments. A judge granted a temporary restraining order against Sheen. See the restraining order here.

In 1996, Sheen pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battery with serious bodily injury after he was accused of knocking then-girlfriend Brittany Ashland to the floor. In 2011, accounts of battery resurfaced with his then-estranged wife Brook Mueller. Mueller alleged Sheen threatened her life and made anti-Semitic comments. A judge granted a temporary restraining order against Sheen. See the restraining order here. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

In 1996, Sheen pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battery with serious bodily injury after he was accused of knocking then-girlfriend Brittany Ashland to the floor. In 2011, accounts of battery resurfaced with his then-estranged wife Brook Mueller. Mueller alleged Sheen threatened her life and made anti-Semitic comments. A judge granted a temporary restraining order against Sheen. See the restraining order here.